MTSU's Raymond Cintron (15) and James Gallman, Jr. (3) hope the Blue Raiders can bring home a Sun Belt Tournament title this year.

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MTSU men's basketball coach Kermit Davis superstitiously placed his team in a different hotel than last year's surprisingly short trip to the Sun Belt Conference tournament.

Unfortunately, Davis cannot change any of the other similar circumstances about the Blue Raiders' Sun Belt quarterfinal game versus Louisiana-Lafayette tonight - a game in which they were upset last year that ultimately led to their exclusion from the NCAA tournament.

"I've got all kinds of superstitions, and our whole team is superstitious. When you win this many games in a row, you're going to be that way," said ...